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CTA testing artificial intelligence to detect guns at train stations, but ACLU is raising questions {Chicago}
Chicago Sun Times ^ | Aug 29, 2024 | David Struett and Tom Schuba

Posted on 08/30/2024 6:37:09 AM PDT by Salman

Chicago is testing a mass surveillance tool to detect guns at CTA stations, even as debate rages around the effectiveness of another detection system used by the city, ShotSpotter.

The Chicago Transit Authority announced Thursday it is one month into a year-long pilot program with ZeroEyes, a company that uses artificial intelligence to identify guns in surveillance video and alert police.

The CTA says it has deployed the technology on about 250 cameras at L stations — but it won’t say which stations, citing security concerns.

CTA spokeswoman Maddie Kilgannon defended the new technology as adding more “eyes” to its already expansive surveillance network of more than 33,000 cameras — the largest of any transit agency in the nation.

In a statement, CTA President Dorval R. Carter, Jr. said “this added measure of protection provides additional peace of mind to everyone.”

“Ensuring the safety and security of our riders and employees is our number one priority at the CTA, and this pilot allows us to explore how new technology may be able to support these efforts,” Carter said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 1984; aclu; banglist; bigbrotheriswatching; chicago; policestate; transit
I'm with the ACLU on this one.

But I suspect if they ever re-implement a real solution I will not be with the ACLU.

1 posted on 08/30/2024 6:37:09 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

It would be much cheaper to simply lift all of Chicago’s prohibitions against legal citizens defending themselves.


2 posted on 08/30/2024 6:40:39 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Salman

There’s a gun in his pants


3 posted on 08/30/2024 6:42:06 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Salman

Chicagoans still living in this dystopian hellhole of a city deserve everything they are getting. May the chains of the “Artifical Intelligence” rest lightly upon their shoulders.


4 posted on 08/30/2024 6:44:25 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Salman

A shame this used to be a country where you could come and go as you pleased, now you are watched everywhere you go. Proving again how smart Ben Franklin was.


5 posted on 08/30/2024 6:44:51 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Exactly. Especially when it is inate in all of us regarding our privacy. So the government replaces an all knowing God with an all knowing government of men through invasive technology.

What could go wrong?


6 posted on 08/30/2024 6:48:05 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: johniegrad
Chicago was a much safer place when it allowed open carry.


7 posted on 08/30/2024 7:06:45 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” /"Every nation has the government it deserves.” )
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To: Salman

“adding more “eyes” to its already expansive surveillance network of more than 33,000 cameras — the largest of any transit agency in the nation”

Which is mostly useless because the ferals know there is only one driver on the train, and that they can just exit the train and split before the cops have time to get to the station if there is any incident.


8 posted on 08/30/2024 7:29:08 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Salman

Anyone who wants to be armed is free to do so. The second amendment says so.

Anyone who misuses their weapon is subject to punishment under the criminal code. The law says so.

If you can’t be trusted to be armed, you shouldn’t be running around loose. I say so.


9 posted on 08/30/2024 8:16:13 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: Salman

This will be, of course, racist against melanated youffs...


10 posted on 08/30/2024 9:18:13 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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